Just pulled this out of my grille... Flew outta nowhere on the interstate just a bit ago. Nothing *important* seems to be damaged, just looks like ***. Went all the way through the mesh and bumper foam, straight to the body. Hit hard.

 

Good thing it did not hit the windshield. That is a large chunk. I would have ducked seeing that bouncing my way.

 

ya mahn, you is lucky

 

HOLY SHYTNIT!! just wow!!
I found a rock about half that size stuck in the drivers side oil cooler compartment while installing my racing beat screens. Made me thankful I was installing them that day.

Glad it was only your grill and not your hood or windshield man.. that looks like it could of done some major damage at the rate of speed it was going.

 

Me too... I felt the thing hit the car... Was like I drove over a pothole or something. Yeah, I'm glad that everything that matters is still intact. Just a bloody lip.

 

Damn, Imagine your Air bag would have deployed, haha.

Glad you and your car are "ok".

Could have been an ugly situation had you been driving slower

 

Just think three inches lower and the A/C condensor would have been toast. And more than likely your Radiator too. I think you were extremely lucky it didn't land anywhere else.

 

wow man..thats a huge bitch! atleast your ok man..

 

Bahemith!!

Take that **** to a Circus!!

rofl, I love Rob Shniders Movies.

 

did somebody say steak?

 

Awhh That sucks.

I found 3 long marks on my rear-wheel well..All parallel to the others, where the paint is just gone. I assume rocks, but its so wierd

 

awww that sucks...I got a rock in the windshield about 2 weeks ago...I ducked lol even though it was little It still made a crack...ima wait until it spiders out and then get my insurance to replace my windshield hehe

 

mu ha ha you are lucky!

 

Lol, no worries there.

 

You ran over that guy from the fantastic 4!

 

dayum!! just . . . dayum!!

 

you're lucky you didn't run over the rock....I ran over a rock of that size once and it bounced up into the engine bay, hit the air condenser and blew it up (I have an '04 RX8). The 04's doesn't come with any protection screens, so it left the bay wide open to anything that may bounce up into it.

Luckily, I made a big deal out of it (they wanted $1000 to fix it, even though Mazda should have protected it in the first place) and they decided to warranty the part.

Just gives you an idea of how prone these cars are to rocks.

 

Yeah, I think I need to follow some of the local club members, and get mesh screens installed.

 

Day'eem! That's not a rock! That's a BOULDER! Where were you driving, in a quarry?

Seriously, that is a BIG *** rock! I agree with everyone. I could've been a lot worse. The grill pannel can be replaced without too much headache. The windshield, hood, or roof would've been real bad.

Look on the bright side, now you can justify buying a Mazdaspeed bumper or anyother you like~

 

Lol, I know... the only vehicle in front of me was an explorer... not sure what it came from. Was on a 3-lane interstate, too.

I <3 Mazdaspeed bumpers. zoomzoom